John Vl de Erleigh

Biography

The following is copied from Christopher Earls Brennen's website on the Erlegh family, http://www.dankat.com/earls/chap1.htm:

John de Erlegh(VI), son of John de Erlegh(V), was born in 1334 and was only two years old when his father died in 1337 [1,v.3,p.213]. On March 19, 1337 the King granted William de Monte Acuto, Earl of Salisbury custody of the de Erlegh lands in England and Ireland during the minority of the heirs of John(V) [7,p.159]. In 1344, the king appointed John de Balscote keeper of the manor of Erleyston, Kilkenny by reason of the minority of John(VI) [17][16,p.245]. John(VI) is listed as the heir of “John Derley” in owing 3/4 knight's fees for Erleyston and Nova Coyllagh in County Kilkenny in 1355 [16,p.200,n.27]. He was summoned on March 15 1361/62 to attend a Great Council at Westminster in order to deliberate upon the disturbed state of Ireland [18]. …

John(VI) married Margaret, daughter of Sir Guy de Brien K.G. (who was standard bearer to King Edward III at Crecy) and they had four sons, John(VII), Robert, Richard and Philip, and three daughters [31][11,v.2,p.199]. John(VI) died in 1372, possibly a victim of the Black Death then sweeping the country, leaving John(VII) his son and heir [7][18].

John de Erlegh(VII), son and heir of John(VI), succeeded his father in 1372. [3. John de Erleigh is stated to have married Isabael de Paveley, daughter of Sir John de Paveley [?PCC 1393?]. John may have been born any time ca. 1360-70, given his daughter's probable birth date.]

Nichols, John Gough. The Herald and Genealogist (Nichols and Nichols, Printer to the Society of Antquaries, London, 1863-1874) Vol. 1, Page 523 < GoogleBooks >

Some of the families to whom these shields belong were certainly connected by alliance. The renowned Sir Guy de BRYAN, elected K.G. 1370 and summoned as a Baron to Parliament from 1350 to his death in 1390,* married for his second wife the lady Elizabeth MONTACUTE, daughter of William first Earl of Salisbury. On his well-known monument in the abbey church of Tewkesbury the arms of Bryan and Montacute are impaled. By the Lady Elizabeth he had a daughter, Margaret, the wife of Sir John Erlegh, who in 40 Edw. III. attended the Black Prince in his campaign in Spain, and was present in the battle of Naziers.

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Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Erleigh-2

John de Erleigh[1] John de Erleigh was the son and heir of John de Erleigh son of Philip de Erleigh.[1] John was the brother of: Roland de Erleigh;[1]

John married Elizabeth —.[1]

John and Elizabeth had children:

1. John, oldest son, aged 4 in 11 Edward III, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Guy de Brien, Knight of the Garter;[1]
2. Richard;[1]
3. Catherine, prioress of Buckland;[1]
4. Elizabeth, who was married to Sir John Stafford;[1]
5. Alice, who was married to Sir Nicholas Poines, knt;[1]

John de Erleigh died in 11 Edward III seized of the manors of Beckington, Somerton-Erle, Durston, Babcary, Michael's-Church, the manor and hundred of North-Petherton, and other lands in county Somerset.[1]

References

• https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00685059&tree=LEO cites
  • 1. [S04036] Cairns, Ian, Ancestry of Peggy Eliot 6 Jul 2017 .
• http://brennen.caltech.edu/earls/chap1.htm
• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~desmier/genealogy/docs/Earles%20of%2...
• This states Margaret, daughter of Sir Guy de Brien 1309-1390, married John Erle. https://devonassoc.org.uk/devoninfo/early-owners-of-torbryan-manor-... Early Owners of Torbryan Manor (1936) Author(s): Alexander. J. J.; Year published: 1936; Origin: DA Transactions; Pages: 198 < link > Sir William Pole's account of Torbryan, printed in his Collections - Lord Guy de Bryan (1309-1390)married unto his first wief Anne, daughter and heire of William Holway, and had issue Anne, wief of sir John Cary [author notes that Poole is wrong]; his second wife, was Margaret, daughter of William de Montacute , Erle of Sarum, by whom he had issue Sir Guy de Brian the younger, Sir Phillip, Sir William, and Margaret, wief of Sir John Erle.
  • However,as of 1361, Margaret Courtenay daughter of Sir Guy de Brienne was married to Hugh Courtenay, rather than John de Erleigh.
• https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp369-379 Hugh Earl of Devon settled the manor for her life in 1361 on Margaret daughter of Sir Guy de Brienne, wife of his grandson Hugh son of Hugh de Courtenay. That Margaret evidently died shortly as Hugh remarried about 1663 [sic: 1263].